4 Darla

For the past three days Darla has been taking care of her patient. She took it upon herself to carry him from the stream where he was bruised. From the injuries, she could tell that her patient had been attacked by one of the wild animals maybe a higher wolf.

Darla has always been an independent female. She had been surviving on her own ever since her parents died. Hunting for her meals, searching through the jungle for herbs to make medicines that she needed or anyone else needed. She is quite popular in her skill and inhabitants from different parts of the jungles come to get medicines and advice from her concerning her expertise. Even some from the mountains take stressful trips so she could treat them of illnesses their healers couldn't.

Her new patient though was a different case. He was a lost one. Lost ones are people that crossed worlds unknowingly or by accident and can't find their way back. There has been records of lost ones on Azra. There were lost ones even now among them that had interacted and made families with people from Azra.

And the gods never objected. They didn't seem bothered when they saw new mortals among their people.

Once Demeter walked in her enchanted fields among her devotees, she said the lost ones came from a world abandoned by the gods.

Which led to some believing the pull of the lost ones that were devoted to their different deities had brought them to Azra.

Things noticable among lost ones was they where all mutants. Nobody knew the reason and the gods did not tell but the lost ones where all mutated. Azra also had mutants too. Those that had physical differences from other people. These differences could be seen on the person and atimes hidden.

This mutations were caused by the excess magic present in Azra. The high concentration of magic in Azra though beneficial to the land, mutated the children to be born. It couldn't be stopped or controlled and no one knew who was going to be mutated. Darla was among those mutants.

Some mutations beautiful and beneficial to some person others....not so much.

Darla was among the lucky once. She had a mutated blood so she could stand out as normal at times....

When she saw her patient had not sustained any internal injuries, she sought to treat his wounds and stop the fever. She had expected him to wake up a day earlier though. She was relieved when he finally woke up from his three day sleep. She walked to the side of the bed to examine him.

"Magnificent" he said

Darla was startled but she didn't waver and continued her examinations. She saw no complications but he was still notably weak, she looked away from him to continue her task then he asked her name. Now this really disturbed Darla she had not interacted with a newly arrived lost one before and did not know how to make a conversation with one so she left the shed to think on her own and hopefully he will fall back to sleep.

To her surprise when she came back she saw him still awake.

Though they started on a wrong foot but they still got along...at least they had a successful conversation. He seemed confused about the gods in Azra part but she knew he will get over it. Afterall it was basic knowledge here.

Now she had to get ingredients for lunch for he needed his strength. Plus his wounds that hadn't healed properly needed to be cared for to avoid infections.

When she came back Daryn was already sleeping. She immediately went to prepare the food. He would need his strength when he wakes.